complete works; complete collection; complete series
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
representative; exemplary; model
again; once more; a second time
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
educational institution; school; academy; campus
new publication; new book; new edition; reissue; republication
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
Matsushita Kounosuke (1894.11.27-1989.4.27)
hardships; privations; difficulties
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition